HB 5 - "Safer" Kentucky Act
House Bill 5 — also known as the Safer Kentucky Act — is a collection of recycled so-called “tough on crime” policies have been around since the 1970s and have been disproven as effective crime deterrent....
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House Bill 5 — also known as the Safer Kentucky Act — is a collection of recycled so-called “tough on crime” policies have been around since the 1970s and have been disproven as effective crime deterrent....
The expungement process is prohibitively lengthy and expensive, even for eligible Kentuckians. It's time to automate portions of that process to give eligible Kentuckians access to employment, housing, and...
Kentucky has some of the worst birth outcomes in the US, with Black Kentuckians are especially at risk. We need proactive maternal health legislation that eliminates the racial disparities in maternal...
Most Kentuckians leaving incarceration don’t have a basic tool required for housing, employment, food, & health care: a photo ID.
The expungement process is prohibitively lengthy and expensive, even for eligible Kentuckians. It's time to automate portions of that process to give eligible Kentuckians access to employment, housing, and...